Declaration of Candidates - General Local Election and General School Election

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2022 Prince Rupert General Local Election and General School Election

Declaration Of Candidates

(Close of Nomination Period)

I, Corinne Bomben, Chief Election Officer for the City of Prince Rupert, do hereby declare, pursuant to section 97 of the Local Government Act , the following persons as candidates in the2022 Prince Rupert General Local Election and General School Election:

Candidates for the Office of Mayor – 1 to be elected

Full Name

Name to appear on Ballot

Address

Chrystopher Joseph Garon Thompson

Chrystopher Thompson

Prince Rupert, BC

Jason Ba Van Hoang

Jason Hoang

1742 India Ave Prince Rupert, BC V8J 2Y3

Herbert Lloyd Pond

Herb Pond

Prince Rupert, BC

Stephen Alexander Fitzpatrick

Stephen Fitzpatrick

9 – 616 – 7th Avenue West, Prince Rupert, BC

Candidates for the Offices of Councillor– 6 to be elected

Full Name

Name to appear on Ballot

Address

Gurvinder Singh Randhawa

Gurvinder Randhawa

1744 Kootenay Ave Prince Rupert, BC V8J 4B2

Sheila Gordon-Payne

Sheila Gordon-Payne

Prince Rupert, BC

Wade Robert Niesh

Wade Niesh

1509 Jamaica Ave Prince Rupert, BC V8J 2Y6

Angad Chugh

Andy Chugh

1784 Sloan Ave Prince Rupert, BC V8J 4B5

Teresa Patricia Forster

Teri Forster

1005 Jubilee Cres Port Edward BC V0V 1G0

Nicholas John Adey

Nick Adey

Prince Rupert, BC

Barry Cunningham

Barry Cunningham

Prince Rupert, BC

Reid Skelton-Morven

Reid Skelton-Morven

Prince Rupert, BC

Candidates for the Offices of School Trustee – 6 to be elected

Full Name

Name to appear on Ballot

Address

Louisa Evelyn Sanchez

Louisa Sanchez

519 7th Ave East Prince Rupert, BC V8J 2J4

Kristy Lynn Maier

Kristy Maier

180 Van Arsdol Street Prince Rupert, BC V8J 1E3

Stephanie Mae Cathrine Watkins

Stephanie Watkins

250 Heron Road Prince Rupert, BC V8J 4G6

James Cameron Horne

James Horne

304 – 5th Avenue East, Prince Rupert, V8J 1R9

Kathleen Margaret Ann Toye

Kate Toye

Prince Rupert, BC

Danielle Claire Dalton

Danielle Dalton

Prince Rupert, BC

Michael William Pucci

Michael Pucci

Prince Rupert, BC

Given under my hand at Prince Rupert, British Columbia, this 9th day of September, 2022.

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Corinne Bomben,

Chief Election Officer

(250) 627 0935

election@princerupert.ca

Background Information

Challenge of Nominations

Any person intending to challenge the nomination of any of the above candidates must be an elector, or another nominee, and their challenge must be made in accordance with Section 91 of the Local Government Act by 4:00 pm Tuesday, September 13th, 2022.

Withdrawal of Candidates

Candidates may reconsider and withdraw their candidacy by 4:00 pm Friday, September 16th, 2022. Withdrawal may be affected by delivering a signed withdrawal to the Chief Election Officer, who must be satisfied of its authenticity. After that time a candidate may only withdraw by delivering a signed request to withdraw to the Chief Election Officer and receiving the approval from the Minister.